NGC 6100
NGC 6100
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6100 as it looked roughly 226 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 6172Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1199Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6036Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 6081Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6132Spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1199Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6036Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 6081Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6132Spiral44 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).